Priceline 40% off Skincare Haul

I haven't purchased any new skincare in a while now, So when I heard Priceline was having their 2 day, 40% off sale I did some damage cause I have run out of quite a few products, which you may have seen in my empties post. 

Ever since graduating as a Beauty Therapist in 2010, I have always been picky with the skincare that I use & have stuck to mainly salon brands since then. There are so many new products on the market, with competitors constantly improving the quality of their products, so there were quite a few items that I wanted to try out.

Day 1 Haul

Day 2 Haul 

(Yes, I couldn't help it, there was a day 2)

I'll give you a run down on what I bought & how much I paid.

I wanted to try some La Roche-Posay items so I did some research on what would best suit my skin concerns. I picked up the;

Effaclar Purifying Foaming Gel - $22.99 --> $13.79

Eau Thermale Spring Water - $22.99 --> $13.79

Effaclar Duo - $27.99 -->$16.79

Australia recently received L'oreal's new Skin Perfection Range which targets your Pores, Tone & Texture. Something I definitely need work with so I'm keen to try these out. I only got 2 of the items to try out first.

Skin Perfection Correcting Day Moisturiser - $24.99 --> $14.99

Magic Touch Instant Blur - $22.99 --> $13.79, Which is supposedly similar to Benefit's Porefessional

The only thing I haven't tried in this Photo is the Witch Hazel which I've heard alot about, the other Neutrogena products, are my 2 favourite products from their range, Which is why I bought back ups.

Witch Hazel - $6.59 --> $3.95

Cleansing Towelettes - $7.99 --> $4.79

Hand Cream - $7.49 -->$4.49

Both the Pure Active BB cream & the oil infused Beauty scrub are new products to Garnier's range so I wanted to try them out. I'm keen to try the BB cream out, but I'm usually too dark for "Medium". The Eye makeup remover is my HG, which was also featured in my empties post.

BB Cream - $13.99 --> $8.39

Clean Sensitive Remover - $9.99 -->$5.99

Body Scrub - $11.99 --> $7.19

I did end up getting quite abit, but like I said, I needed new skincare and it was such a great saving that it made it all worth it. This is basically going to be my new skincare routine, with a few other products I am currently using. I will most likely be doing a skincare routine post in a months time to let you all know how I am liking the products.

If you have tried any of these, please let me know what you think. Did you pick anything up at Priceline's sale? Or what skincare items have you been loving lately?

I'd love to hear what you guys recommend.

Talk to you in my next post :)

xx

Review: Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3 in 1 Foundation - Golden Tan 857

I was so excited when I heard that the highly raved about, Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3 in 1 Foundation, was available in Australia, and better yet, available in my shade! This never happens. I'm a MAC NC40-42 & I can never find a drugstore foundation in Australia that matches me. Not even Revlon Colorstay. So of course, even though I didn't really need it, I picked it up anyway.

What Covergirl describes it as: All-in-one foundation with a long-lasting formula that fuses primer, concealer, and foundation in one easy step! The 3-in-1 formula provides a flawless look that lasts all day long.

 Just like every other beauty product I'm looking at trying, I read and watch many reviews before I go ahead and buy it. The 2 things that really got me to decide that I wanted it was 1. The colour apparently matched my skin tone really well and 2. Everyone was saying how amazing it was.

Let me start by telling you how my skin usually is when I wear foundation in general.
I have very oily skin, particularly around the nose. I use an oil free mattifying primer before & a translucent powder after to set the foundation. Within 2 hours my T-zone will already start to get oily & by the afternoon when I look closely in the mirror, I can see that my foundation has kind of melted off.

The first time I used this, I applied this foundation without a primer & without a setting powder so I could really see how it held up. (I was going out to dinner later that evening so I brought a powder just in case).

Application: It was really easy to work with and blend. I didn't use any concealer cause I wanted to see the coverage. I have dark acne scars on my cheeks so I did 2 layers to get a fairly full coverage. Even though I applied 2 layers, it wasn't cakey at all!

Finish: I loved the finish of it. It was fairly matte, but not so matte that I looked dull and flat. It looked quite natural & the colour was really good. I find it really hard to find a foundation that isn't too yellow, too pink or too orange. Thumbs up to that.

How it held up: Remeber how I said I was going out to dinner that first time? This is where it really sold me - I went to a Korean BBQ for dinner so you know, it was quite hot & steamy & I was worried that my face had melted off. I got out of the restaurant & look in the mirror and the foundation had not budged at all. Wow! If it was my colorstay or sheer glow foundation it definitely would have happened. After wearing it for a good 6 hours, I got home looking just like I did when I left!

I'll have to see how this holds up when Summer comes though, but for now, I am loving it!

What I like about it:

• Easy to blend and apply
• Not cakey
• Great coverage
• Doesn't slide of my oily face
• Great price rrp $19.95, I got mine on sale for $15 from Priceline
• Great staying powder
• Nice, Matte finish
• The foundation has a pump!
• Yellow undertone that isn't too yellow like MAC
• You don't need to prime or set with a powder

What I don't like about it:

I can't really think about what I don't like really. The colour range is quite small. I believe we only have 6 shades available, Golden Tan being the darkest **thank you for bringing this shade to Australia** Anyone with really light skin or anyone with a deeper skin tone may have trouble finding a shade.

I'm not really a big fan of the packaging. Looks kind of cheap (not a big deal) but again, the pump really helps.

Would I recommend this: Of course! I am loving it so far & if you have oily skin like me, This may impress you too!

Well done Covergirl, I've never really been attracted to the brand in the past, the only other thing I've tried was a mascara, but you have definitely won me over with this foundation!

I hope this review was helpful. Let me know if you would like photo of it on, but I figured everyone has different skin tones & skin types so I wasn't too sure if it'd make it anymore helpful. I tried to do a comparison between my other foundation shades but the photos were just not working out.

I'm so happy that I have finally found the perfect everyday foundation!

Let me know of what you think about this foundation.

Beauty Haul: Priceline, MAC, NARS

Hey guys, I know I've been MIA for a while, but I'm here with a quick collective haul. I'll just go through them quickly as I plan on doing separate posts on these items!

As most of us know by now, Australia has the Rimmel Apocalips now. I purchased mine from Priceline for $8 in the Colours, Nude Eclipse, Apocalyptic & Stellar. I also purchased the mini makeup bag for only $4.50. It's a perfect size when I want to bring make-up around with me. I usually just bring my LV cosmetic pouch with a compact & lip products etc. But this allows me to bring more.

We also now have the Color Tattoo Metals here in Australia ($11.95), but I purchased mine from America for a very good deal. I bought Silver Lining & Barely Branded... I bought other items too, but unfortunately, USPS damaged my package & they fell out... Which brings me to what I had bought this morning...

So the items that USPS had lost/damaged were Nars Sheer Glow in Barcelona & a Loreal True Match Powder, which unfortunately I couldn't buy here. I obviously bought them cause I needed them & I literally ran out of my foundation yesterday. I was so upset that my boyfriend kindly bought me a new foundation & powder foundation to replace my missing ones.

Nars Sheer Glow - Barcelona from Mecca Cosmetica ($68) </3 Ugh...

MAC Studio Fix Powder Foundation - NC42 ($47).

NC42 is a touch too dark/yellow for my face now that it's winter but NC40 would be a little bit too pale, & I mainly wanted it to give colour to my face when I wear my BB cream & lighter foundations.

So that's it for my haul, I will be doing a separate post for the Apocalips & Color Tattoos, so watch out for those. Let me know if you have tried any of these, and what you think of them!

Essence Lip Liner Review

These lip liners by Essence have become one of my favourite lip products and they are something I will definitely keep repurchasing. Surprisingly, after years of being into beauty and makeup, these are the 1st lip liners I've owned... what? Yep, Pretty much couldn't decide on what MAC shades I wanted etc so I basically just never got liners and just lipsticks.

For the price of these ($1.75 but I got them for $1.05) I just went ahead and grabbed a few. I also recently bought another 2 darker colours for winter.

The application is ridiculously good. I didn't even use a heavy hand to swatch these, but the colour pay off was just amazing. In fact, I basically just used feather strokes for the red liner, that's how pigmented they are!

What I like about these:

• They are super creamy
• They are pigmented and provide an even coverage
• They have a nice variety of colours
• The price - they are only $1.75! (Priceline & Target)
• The colour shows up on my pigmented lips, as they do on my arm

They make my lipsticks that look too pale on me or that are a bit too sheer look amazing! (Now I can use those abandoned lipsticks that didn't look right without a liner). They can also be worn by themselves or with a lipgloss on top.

(L-R)

Femme Fatale, Red Blush, Soft Berry, Satin Mauve, Honey Bun, In the Nude, Cute Pink

As I said earlier, I didn't even swatch these with a heavy hand. How good is the colour pay off?!

I mentioned in my Priceline haul, I'm fairly new to Essence. So far, I have been really liking their range. Let me know if there is anything else I must try. So far I have some of the eyeshadow quads, all the cream shadows, 2 of their mascaras, some lip gloss and of course these liners.

xx

Chemist Warehouse 50% off sale & Priceline Haul

Oh Heyyy, another haul? In my previous Chemist Warehouse Haul, I mainly got some Maybelline items that I have been wanting to try for a while. I liked them so much that I picked up some more colours, as well as some Rimmel products that I bought on a separate occassion. As you know the Chemist Warehouse had Revlon, Rimmel & Maybelline all for 1/2 price which ended on May 31st. I looked at their new catalogue and say that they are continuing the same deal until June 16! I think I will be avoiding going there now cause it's just too dangerous, but why not for half price, I'm getting the things I've been wanting to try/ will eventually buy more of anyway ;)

My Chemist Warehouse Haul:

 Maybelline

Color Show Nail Laquer - Coral Crush - $2.98

Color Tattoo - Painted Purple & Tenacious Teal - $5.98

I love the Maybelline Color Tattoos so much! I thought I'd pick up these gorgeous colours too. I'll be doing a post on these, with a review and swatches.

 Rimmel

Hide the Blemish Concealer Natural Tan - $5.47

Matte Finish Lipstick by Kate in 113 - $6.47

Professional Eyebrow Pencil in Hazel - $4.25

My Priceline Haul:

I bought 2 Essence Liners in Red Blush & Soft Blush, these are always sold out where I live so I thought I'd pick them up while I could. They are both deeper shades which will be good now that Winter is here. My favourite liners and they are only $1.75.

I will be doing a post with swatches of these soon.

Lastly, my two bigger purchases which I was most excited for!

I have straight, flat hair.

 If you curl it, it doesn't hold, If you tease it for volume, it just goes back down to being flat. So when I saw these two products, I knew that I wanted to try them.

VS Sassoon Big Hair Root Boost: This was originally $32.99 but it was on sale for $15!

Big Sexy Hair Spray & Play: I have been wanting to try this hair spray for the longest time! Priceline recently started selling it for $19.95, originally $24.95 I believe. However, the particular Priceline I went to today had it on sale for only $14.97. Score!

I'll have a play around with them and see I'll let you know what I think.

If you have tried these, let me know what you think!

xx

Collective Essence Haul

Ever since I hauled all those Essence products during the Priceline 40% off sale, I've been really loving and almost obsessing over Essence. I just love how good their products are, but at such a low price! So since then I've been buying a couple of items at a time over about 3 visits. And this is what I've picked up. Some of them are new items they came out with, and others I got for a very good price since they are discontinued stock :(

 NEW: Match 2 Cover Cream Concealer $4.25
You could say this is almost a dupe for the Bobbi Brown Concealers. They are really creamy, but only come in this one shade. A bit light for my NC42 skin, but it works well to brighten up my under eye circles.

 Single Eyeshadows: Block Buster - Matte ($1.83), Back to khaki - Metallic (marked down to $1.60, scanned at $1!), Copper Island -Shimmer (Scanned at $1 as well), Cappucino Please ($2.85)

Eyeshadow Quattro - Denim ($5.50), Stay all day eyeshadow - Jim-me Blue ($5.50 from Target :( whereas Priceline has them for $2 cause they are being discontinued!), NEW: Kajal Pencil - White ($1.75)

I purchased 3 of their new nail polish shades & one that is being discontinued

Absolutely Blue, Hello Marshmellow, That's what I mint! (All $2.85) & Grey-t to be here (Marked as $1.35, Scanned as $1!)

I'm very happy with my purchases, especially my nail polishes & marked down products. I found my $1 products in a Priceline bargain bin. I know not all stores have them but definitely check out your local Priceline to see if they have any Essence on clearance. Definitely worth your $1!.

I will do another post with Essence Nail Polish swatches and reviews soon too!

What are your favourite Essence products?

xx

Priceline 40% off Sale: Savvy and Essence Haul

If you live in Australia, I'm sure you would have seen, heard or was a victim in buying makeup that we didn't need, at the Priceline 40% off cosmetics sale, which was on April 23 and 24.

I was pretty excited when I saw this sale because I haven't bought "drugstore" makeup in ages, especially in Australia. I have been using brands like Napoleon, MAC and Nars etc, as I have access to buying them in the America, for the same or even cheaper then our Drugstore prices here.

Lucky for me, I had already planned to go up to Brisbane on the Tuesday as Daiso was having their Grand Opening and having this happen on the same day was just perfect, as Brisbane city has 4 pricelines, not too far from each other.

They were all really affordable after the sale, Most of them being $1 - $3. I can't remember the exact prices. Sorry!

I only really had my mind on trying Essence as,

1. I had never tried them before
2. I have heard so many good things about them
3. Brands like Maybelline, Revlon and L'oreal, are still much cheaper in America

Enough with the Rambling and onto my haul!

I purchased 4 of their lip liners in the shades 11 in the nude, 04 Honey Bun, 07 Cute Pink and 10 Femme Fatale. These glide on so smooth and creamy. I am yet to try them out for a whole day. So far, I'm impressed.

I was planning on buying more of the Maybelline Color Tattoos, but for the price, I went with these instead. I was being good at first and only picked up 2, then went into another priceline and saw 3 more colours I wanted

Top Row: 08 The magic must go on, 09 For Fairies, 01 Coppy Right

Bottom Row: 02 Glammy goes to, 06 Rock Chic

Superfine liquid liner - Tried this, goes on and stays on good... maybe a little too good, I could barely get it off and it was coming off like a blue ink... Not sure How I feel about this.

Get BIG! lashes in Volume Curl and Volume Boost - LOVE the Volume curl. I like it as much as my favourite mascara - The Falsies, but in a different way. Picked it up because of DOMMsmiles. Love!

I bought 2 of the Quattro eyeshadows, 07 Over the Taupe (left) and 05 To die for (far right)

I always seem to buy 2 of the same shadow palettes if there is an option of buying one in brown and one in a smokey colour, I don't know why, but I just do.

I also picked up the single shadow in Cappuccino, Please! All the other colours were quite shimmery, and because I have both the Naked Palette and the Nars: and God created the women, I didn't really need anymore. (Kudos for my somewhat self control :P)

These were kind of an impulse buy. I didn't need them nor do I really use lip gloss anymore but I loved the colours.

L-R: 09 Hottest Pink, 03 Candy Bar and 01 Me & My Icecream

I had originally purchased the last 2 pictured, then at the end of the day I decided to just pick up the 1st one too, But now that I've swatch it, I regret it. It goes on too sheer. I do like the others though!

We're nearly done, I swear

 Essence quick dry top coat, Maybelline Eye makeup remover 

I bought 2 nail polishes. 132 Breakthrough (purple) & 05 Cafe Ole (Nude)

They didn't have many colours that I was interested in as I already have so many colours. These apply and glide on really well. Much like the OPI brushes. I will have to see the staying power though!

Lastly, I picked up 4 of the SAVVY Long lasting matte lipsticks;

Heyyyjune bought these and raved about them, So I thought I would give them a shot.

L-R: Morocco, San Fran, Maui & Bali.

I actually bought Bali 2 days before the sale and I absolutely loved the colour, application and the staying power. I was so impressed! I paid $5.50 for the one, which was a steal. But when the sale was on they were only $4.20 which is even better! I highly recommend these too, Thanks June!

So that concludes my somewhat lengthy Priceline Haul, Looking at it now, It looks like I bought heaps, but I only paid around $50 for the lot. Ohhh yeah ;)

I will have a play around with these and maybe do another post with swatches or reviews. We will see :)

xx